After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has ...

A judge entered a plea for a former Carroll County deputy charged in the death of Jackson Kradle, who was found dead on a ...

The clock neared midnight on Monday, April 7, the final day of Maryland’s 2025 legislative session, and immigrant rights ...

Matthew Herpstreith has pleaded not guilty in the death of Jackson Kradle. A preliminary hearing is set for May 9 in Carroll ...

A 44-year-old former Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in the death of an 18-year-old man found dead last year in the middle of Illinois Route 78. Matthew ...

The Fayette County Jail could soon become one of the few facilities in the region to begin housing federal inmates. Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to enter into a ...

A 39-year-old inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail died Tuesday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell. Jail staff initiated life-saving measures and EMS transported the inmate to a ...

The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail ...

Bush Administration to find suspected weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the Sarasota County Jail’s population peaked at 880 inmates. It was the first big indication of a growing problem ...

Two inmates at the Jasper County Detention Center have been accused of starting a fire in a holding cell last fall that destroyed the booking area of the jail, seriously injuring multiple inmates ...

Hot pots are now banned for inmates at the Sedgwick County Jail after an inmate threw scalding water at a detention deputy last week. “Inmates have traditionally had access to hot water for ...